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It was reported a few days ago that Three UK was looking to purchase O2 from Telefonica, and now the deal has reportedly been confirmed at a price of 10 billion pounds (roughly 15 billion US dollars) and is expected to be finalized Friday morning.
The report comes from The Financial Times, which says:
The deal to merge O2, Britain's second-biggest mobile operator, with Hutchison Whampoa'...

According to reports, BT is in early talks with Telefonica to purchase O2, the same mobile operator it released back in 2001. Not only has BT set its sights on O2, but the UK's largest network EE has also been offered in a separate deal.
BT has confirmed to Spanish press that Telefonica could end up with a 20 percent stake in the company, should a deal go through. The Telegraph notes that...

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Have you made use of the NFC feature on your BlackBerry smartphone yet? I haven't yet but Adam certainly has -- and very soon I'll probably get around to trying it out with NFC tags as well. I've seen some stores in the UK equipped with payment points that are NFC ready and would like to see these enable soon.
Recently, we saw Orange UK and EAT, the...

While new BlackBerry 7 devices with built-in NFC have been out for a while now, we're still in search of ways to take advantage of them. There aren't currently many apps or services that make use of NFC, but today RIM and Telefonica have teamed up to bring mobile payments to NFC-enabled BlackBerry smartphones. Telefonica's BlackBerry Wallet allows users to pay with their device simply by...

As the rollout of the new BlackBerry 7 devices continues, RIM announced they are launching the Blackberry Torch 9860 in Spain. If you've been waiting to get your hands on this new all-touch device then you can rest assured knowing that you can grab it starting next week in Movistar stores from 79 euros. How many of you have been holding out for this device? Don't forget to head on over to...

RIM has announced that they are working together with Spanish based mobile operator Telefónica to enable App World carrier billing. This will allow Telefónica customers to purchase apps on App World and be charged through their monthly bill. As well as that, In-app purchases can also be charged via their monthly bill allowing for a more seamless purchase of digital goods.
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